in step
Idioms-
Moving to a rhythm or conforming to the movements of others, as in The kids marched in step to the music . [Late 1800s]
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in step with . In conformity or harmony with, as in He was in step with the times . The antonym to both usages is out of step , as in They're out of step with the music , or His views are out of step with the board's . [Late 1800s] Also see in phase ; out of phase .
Example Sentences
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Surveys also suggest discretionary spending may fall in step with income brackets.
From Barron's
That momentous step put Washington in step with key allies, and set the West on a course toward holding Moscow’s imperialist plotters accountable for Europe’s most ruinous war in more than seven decades.
From Washington Post
Treasury yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, was up 0.4 basis points at 4.809%, just shy of the three-month high of 4.840% it touched on Friday.
From Reuters
The shift, Clarke said, is intended to modernize Metro and get it in step with transit systems in Europe and Asia, as well as New York, which is scheduled to incorporate a pilot of open-gangway subway cars into its fleet this spring.
From Washington Post
Sciamma, known for “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and “Girlhood,” is in many ways an inheritor of this legacy, offering realistic, unsensational images of female sexuality and the feminine body — and the way it can so casually be subjected to violence — in step with the struggles articulated in Coolidge’s film.
From New York Times
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